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US cancels tourist visas for board members of top Costa Rica newspaper

The Guardian · May 6, 2026, 11:58 AM

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La Nación has been critical of Costa Rica president and Donald Trump ally, Rodrigo Chavez The US state department has canceled tourist visas for more than half the board members of Costa Rica’s leading national newspaper, La Nación, which has been a critical voice against the country’s president and Donald Trump ally, Rodrigo Chaves.During Chaves’s 2022 presidential campaign, La Nación published several articles documenting allegations of sexual harassment against him that had forced him out of his job at the World Bank. The paper also reported on allegations of illegal campaign financing, which Chaves denied. Continue reading...

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